NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their competences and with regard for the appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The project that is the subject of this report was supported by the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; and the Sierra Foundation.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Monitoring the Social Impact of the AIDS Epidemic.

The social impact of AIDS in the United States / Panel on Monitoring the Social Impact of the AIDS Epidemic ; Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. AIDS (Disease)—Social aspects—United States. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences. II. Title

RA644.A25N27 1993

362.1’969792’00973—dc20 92-38885

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